Books have been banned ever since they were first created. Censorship, which book banning is a part of, is "the act of withholding or removing objectionable parts of a work on moral, political, or other grounds." (Anonymous) Banning books should be disallowed because if all books that were found offensive to any group of people were banned, most literature would be almost nonexistent. Many great works of literature were banned at one point or another because they were offensive to a certain group. For instance, Harry Potter, the popular children's book, is now under scrutiny and has been banned from many places. Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, which otherwise could be used to help millions understand how crude and unintelligent Hitler really was, has been banned in many places in Canada, disabling is citizens from being able to draw conclusions about the book. Also, consider that there ware many...